I am not sure why am even writing this apart from to have a rant and hopefully take away some of the pain. Recently got into foiling and got the bug big time. I spent the best part of a year saving like mad and got a Slingshot Foil hover glide foil. I was to impatient to wait another year to afford a board so got a Foilmount system that I stuck on to the bottom of an old surfboard.
Yep after 5 sessions of no issues I was out at Cooge and the bloody foil fell straight off the bottom of the board. I should have known better and tied a leash between the foil and the board.
Like I said no reason to write this apart from to vent as all I got from my wife was "ohh well it could be worse". She will never get it and I've not had the guts to tell her I basically just threw a $1000 into the ocean.
Lesson learnt, don't trust a Foilmount and do the job properly the first time.